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MATE vs Budgie
Budgie is a tidy desktop environment with its own panel and application menu, under active development with regular releases, but Linux only.- MATE vs Xfce
Xfce is a modular desktop with traditional panels and a settings manager, and its available version and components depend on your distribution. - MATE vs LXQt
LXQt is a lightweight Qt-based desktop with X11 and Wayland sessions and modular components, suited to older or low-powered machines. - MATE vs Cinnamon
Cinnamon keeps a traditional application menu, panel and system tray, adding applets, desklets and extensions that may need updates for new releases. - MATE vs KDE Plasma
KDE Plasma is a full desktop with extensive appearance settings, configurable panels and widgets, integrated with KDE applications and system settings. - MATE vs GNOME
GNOME replaces MATE's classic panel layout with an activities overview and workspaces, and its shell extensions must match the installed version. - MATE vs COSMIC
COSMIC is System76's desktop with configurable workspaces and tiling as well as floating workflows, needing a distribution that supports its current release. - MATE vs IceWM
A lightweight X11 window manager with a taskbar, workspaces and a familiar Windows-like layout. - MATE vs Enlightenment
Enlightenment is a distinctive lightweight desktop shell, compositor and window manager built on EFL, with experimental Wayland support and source-only official releases.
